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the others. Eyes round. No ocelli. First joint of the tarsi as long 

 as all the others together. Wings very broad, basal and subcostal 

 cells very narrow. 



S. AUSTRALiENsis. Schiuer, I.e., p. 15 (1868). 



Blackish-brown, thorax dusted lighter ; yellow round the corners 

 of the shoulders. Base of the femora, tibiae, and tarsi yellowish. 

 Wings hyaline ; costal vein intense black, not nearly reaching the 

 point of the wing ; the other veins brownish ; discoidal vein thick as 

 far as the cross vein, then very faint, the forks with a short petiole ; 

 postical and anal veins faint. 



Length, f line. 



Auckland. 



This is the common sandfly of New Zealand. 



Division — Brachycera. 



Antennae short, not more than three-jointed, of which, however, 

 the last may be complex. Palpi one- or two-jointed. 



Family — Tabanid^. 

 Body large. Head depressed. Proboscis long, the terminal lips 

 elongated, containing in the male four, in the female six, lamelliform 

 bristles. Palpi inserted at the base of the maxillary bristles, elevated 

 in the male, lying under the proboscis in the female ; the second 

 joint generally ovoid in the male, conic in the female. Third joint of 

 the antennae with four to eight divisions ; no style. In the male the 

 facets of the lower half are smaller. Middle tarsi terminated by 

 two spines; tarsi with three cushions. Wings generally expanded; 

 five posteriors, generally open at the extremity ; anal cell elongated. 



Genus-TABANUS. 

 Linn(eus. 

 Proboscis inclined in the male, perpendicular in the female. 

 Third joint of the antennae elongated, dilated above at its base, then 

 sloped above with a spine at its base ; five divisions, of which the four 

 last are small. Front of the male with slight callosities anteriorly. 

 No ocelli. 



T. iMPAR. Walker, I.e., Supp., p. 258 (1854). 



Male. Black ; antennae fulvous at the base ; sides of the thorax 

 ferruginous; abdomen ferruginous, ornamented with a short dorsal 

 black band and fascia, also a yellow fascia and fulvous three-sided 

 spots. Tibiae fulvous ; tarsi pitch-brown, Wings grey. 



